Give an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Access to a 4G Network with Clear's iSpot

By Ed Hardy | 8/5/2010

Clear is now offering the iSpot, a relatively inexpensive mobile Wi-Fi router that can share a WiMAX connection with a number of devices... all of which run Apple's iOS.

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Aceeca PDA32 To Be a Palm OS Blast from the Past

By Ed Hardy | 7/23/2010

For those who are into old school mobility, it will soon be possible to buy a PDA running the Garnet OS -- which used to be named the Palm OS back in the day. This retro device is going to offer an HVGA screen, 400 MHz processor, and a rugged casing.

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Apple Updates System Software for the iPhone, iPad

By Ed Hardy | 7/16/2010

Apple has introduced iOS 4.01 for the iPhone. It has also released iOS 3.2.1 for the iPad. These small system software updates fix a number of bugs generally related to wireless issues.

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Mobile Banking Use Rising, But Customers Say No to Paying More

By Jacqueline Emigh | 7/14/2010

While the use of mobile banking is going up, smartphone users don't want to pay extra to do their banking from their devices, and banks aren't making money yet from the mobile services, says a new survey from IDC.

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Next-Generation Apple iPod touch Might Offer Video Chatting

By Ed Hardy | 7/8/2010

Apple is expected to release an upgraded version of the iPod touch in a few months, and details on this model are already starting to leak out. It will supposedly have both front- and rear-facing cameras and support for Apple's FaceTime app.

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Borders New E-book Store Now Open for Android OS, BlackBerry, iPhone

By Ed Hardy | 7/7/2010

Borders, one of the nation's largest booksellers, has opened an e-book store, and has just introduced apps to allow Android OS smartphones and many BlackBerrys to access its catalog of 1.5 million titles.

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Google Docs Can Now Display PDF, Word, PowerPoint Files on Android OS and iPhone

By Ed Hardy | 7/2/2010

Google Docs has been updated to enable Android OS devices as well as the iPhone and iPad to display the contents of PDF, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint files.

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Much-Anticipated Hulu App Released for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

By Ed Hardy | 6/30/2010

Apple iPhone users can finally access Hulu's streaming TV service thanks to a new application. The good news is that this lets users watch far more TV shows than Hulu's website does; the bad news is that Hulu Plus costs $10 a month to use.

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Apple iOS 4 Upgrades Available for iPhone and iPod Touch

By Ed Hardy | 6/22/2010

Apple has released system software upgrades for the most recent iPhone and iPod touch models. iOS 4 adds much greater support for multitasking, as well as a range of other new features.

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Android OS and Others Drive Growth of Mobile Linux

By David Barbosa | 6/5/2010

The explosive growth of Google's Android OS has pushed Linux into the top ranks of smartphone operating systems, and a market reserch firm predicts this trend is going to continue in the coming years.

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Official iPhone Twitter App Released

By Ed Hardy | 5/20/2010

Twitter is now offering an official app for iPhone users. It offers all the standard features of the social networking service for free.

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Opera Mini for iPhone Hits 1 Million Downloads

By Ed Hardy | 4/15/2010

Apple surprised many by approving the Opera Mini web browser for Apple's iPhone OS, and in its first day of availability, has been downloaded more than 1 million times. UPDATED

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